The word laconic has appeared in 31 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Jan. 16 in the obituary “David Lynch, Maker of Florid and Unnerving Films, Dies at 78” by J. Hoberman. The article includes a description of Mr. Lynch’s way of speaking:
Distrustful of language, viewing it as a limitation or even a hindrance to his art, he often spoke in platitudes. Like those of Andy Warhol, Mr. Lynch’s interviews, at once laconic and gee-whiz, were blandly withholding.
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